A Golden Page of “Mashhad Theater History”

“History of Mashhad Theater from Constitutional to Islamic Revolutions” by Ali Najafzadeh is the latest book on Mashhad. It was published in October 2014 by Ansar publications in 440 pages.

“The Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom” was published

The collection of the articles of 9th Iranian Oral History Conference is published by the title of “The Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom”(Tarikh-e Shafahi-ye Isar va Shahadat). The 9th professional session and the educational workshop of Iranian Society of Oral History was ...

Best Interview Techniques Published in “Professional Chat”

The audience in “Professional Chat” book is not an oral historian but is the Interviewer of Oral Memories. Instead of looking into documents and evidence we located people who had created events or witnessed incidents directly. Applicable key points were published by Reza Mostafavi in Professional Chat regarding interviews for oral memories. The book consists of eighty sections with different topics such as “setting the point of view right”, “people and their memories are two groups”, “focus on mutual emotions”,...

Face to face with Ibrahim Golestan

Writing with Camera

Writing with Camera is the title of a controversial book by Parviz Jahed in a long dialogue with filmmaker and author of the style in the period from June 2002 to December 2003 with Ibrahim Golestan. In his PHD dissertation, Parviz Jahed, in his book is trying to analyze the origins of “New Wave” in Iran’s cinema in the period of 1959 to 1969 and focuses on three prominent and pioneer directors in elite and unconventional cinema of Iran who are Ibrahim Golestan, Farokh Ghaffari and Fereydoun Rahnama.

The Memoirs of a Newsdealer

“The Memoirs of a Newsdealer” includes the memories of the oldest newsdealer of Iran, Mohammad Ebrahim Ranjbar. He was born in 1928 in Mazandaran province and came to Tehran in 1937. Two neighboring newsdealers helped him to start his work.

Hand of God

Hand of God” is a book of memoirs of Colonel Ghasemali Zareie, comrade of martyr Haj Satar Ebrahimi. Zareie in this book narrates eloquently his friend and his own memories with a sense of humor. This book is an indication of the sacrifice of Asad-Abad [a city in central Iran] combatants during the Holy Defense. Colonel Ghasemali Zareie after years of service has narrated a part of Holy Defense history related to combatants dispatched from Hamadan province in Hand of God.

Parts of Taqi Makinezhad's life under the scrutiny

Memoirs of Rebellion Times (parts of Taqi Makinezhad’s life, member of Fifty-three group and Tudeh Party of Iran activists) written by yoosef Nikfam, and Social Thought of Muslim Thinkers (from Farabi to Ibn-Khaldun) written by Taqi Maki Armaki are published.

Reza Shah in the Shadows of Contemporary History of Iran

The book entitled "Reza Shah in the Shadows of Contemporary History of Iran, From the beginning to the end of the Reign" is one of the latest books on Reza Shah. The author tries to review and examine historical character and position of Reza Shah based on the existing resources in the political scene of Iran. At some sections of this book entitled "Reza Shah's ancestry" referring to the reports composed by the dignitaries of Reza Khan reign, it is mentioned: "Reza Khan Pahlavi the Founder of Pahlavi dynasty, son of Abbas Gholi Khan Savad-k0ohi known as Dadash-beig, was born at Savad-kooh in 1878.After the age of 22 he entered into Cossack Brigade as a Cossack.

The Rose Hotel: A Memoir of Secrets, Loss, and Love from Iran to America

This brave, beautifully written memoir, originally published as a novel in order to safeguard identities, is the story of a wealthy, young Iranian girl whose family is traumatized by events surrounding Iran’s 1979 revolution, and the subsequent fallout that caused the family decades of suffering. Andalibian’s family owned an upscale hotel near a revered pilgrimage site; her strictly religious father, Baba, forbade alcohol, unrelated couples, and music in the hotel. As the revolution loomed, a rape and a murder occurred, resulting in false accusations and the devastating arrest of Andalibian’s eldest brother, Abdollah.

A Man of Diplomacy

In books presented to the market under the concept of Oral History there is little trace of any book which is based on accepted standards close to oral history. “Revolution & Diplomacy in Memoirs of Seyyed Mohammad Sadr” is a book which contains invaluable information on the events of Islamic Revolution and first years of revolution in governmental structure.